[vbmoneyspender]

How long has it been since our military took Baghdad? I make it about two months. What did you realistically expect to occur in 2 months time in a country that had been governed for 25 years by a mass murderer and that had never previously experienced representative government or any type of western-style rule of law?

[Archangelsk]

I realistically expected better project management for the aftermath (it should have been planned concurrently with the combat effort). Obviously, very obviously, that wasn't done based on the chinese firedrill that's going on over there. The cost of this CF is the blood of the troops that I served with. The lame excuses coming from the mouths of the enablers and the sycophants of the administration probably grates against the gut of every soldier, sailor, airman or Marine who has served or is currently serving.

[grania]

What did you realistically expect to occur in 2 months time in a country that had been governed for 25 years by a mass murderer and that had never previously experienced representative government or any type of western-style rule of law?

US and coalition forces got Saddam and his thugs out of office brilliantly and without much loss of life. However, even one US life lost is too much in that cesspool.

We good Saddam out. Let the Iraquis vote. If they still want a strict Shiite government, it's their choice. But, get our troops home!!